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The Moon on Sunday, September 13, 1970: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 22°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on September 13, 1970Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 13 September 1970359,337 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 13, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.3% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
359,337 km223,281 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (23°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 13, 1970 is on Tuesday, September 15, 1970 at 11:09 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 31, 1970 at 22:01 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, September 8, 197019:38
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, September 15, 197011:09

The Moon around September 13

More about this date

Sunday, September 13, 1970 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 31, 1970 to the new moon of September 30, 1970, a cycle of 29.69 days.